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Life after death
A funeral service that makes it seem like your death may have been faked. | |
So you're dead. There's nothing you can do about it. But what if
you want to have your own Elvis-like cult of believers who think
that you are still alive, for decades after your death? If
posthumous conspiracy theories be your desire, then call the
Life
After Death funeral service.
Life
After Death will arrange a funeral, then bury you quietly
without a ceremony in a grave marked with a pseudonym. That's
when their real job begins. At your funeral, Life After Death
will
be sure to put your craziest uncles and cousins in front, right
next
to your "body". Of course, you won't really be available for
display, so Life After Death will instead show the mourners a
life-
sized wax replica that looks... almost real. They might have it
twitch just enough for only the sharpest-eyed viewers to
notice,
and not enough for them to be sure. Your corpse might even
sweat a little.
Life After Death will fabricate evidence suggesting that your
death was faked, and then place it so that it will be found by
"the
kooks". Naturally, the evidence will be convincing to them, but
not enough for the authorities. Over the next few years, Life
After
Death will send lookalikes of you wandering through truck
stops,
diners and supermarkets. If that isn't enough, a manic blogger
will
be hired to rant about the fact that your survival was covered
up
by "The Man". Eventually, you will be a latter-day Elvis with an
army of bedraggled hippies claiming your continued existence.
Chapel of Restaurant
Chapel_20of_20Restaurant Could be combined. [8th of 7, Apr 18 2010]
Ethermal Resting Place
Ethermal_20Resting_20Place [theircompetitor, Apr 20 2010]
Shock Coffin
shock_20coffin combine ideas? [Voice, Apr 21 2010]
Facebook will add a blunt touch to this.
http://www.nytimes....8death.html?_r=1&hp [swimswim, Jul 18 2010]
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Hey, I'd be happy with life before death. |
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Can I be the blogger? Pleeeaseee.... |
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Depends. Who'll be the corpse? |
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[+] I imagine the deluxe version would involve founding a
religion based on your supposed resurrection. This might
work as a tax dodge, in places with heavy estate taxes but
where religious organizations are tax exempt. |
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// Who'll be the corpse? // |
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In all actuality, this is the (spoiler) ending of a book written by Paulo Coelho titled "The Witch of Portobello".
So I guess it isn't widely known to exist, except if one has read the book. [ ] |
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[xandram] Well, since the Coelho book is fiction, it wouldn't
be widely known to exist even if _The Witch of Portobello_
*were* familiar to everyone. It'd merely be widely known.
That
would be a legitimate criticism, of course, and ought to have
it's own halfbakery jargon term. Maybe WTCTTISITM. |
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I suggest a more specific term for anything that exists in a
Paulo Coelho book: WTCTTISITPCB. |
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"That Akbar is totally WTCTTISITPCB". |
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Why not just hire someone to jump out of the coffin, and run away so quickly, as to prevent anyone catching up. |
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[Inyuki] //Why not ...?// Because there's a competing
company, which, for a fee, will station guards 'round the
gravesite to catch the fleeing imposter. The deluxe version
of *that* includes overhead surveillance by blimp
(helicopter'd be too noisy for the funeral) equipped with high
powered optics (infra-red available for a small surcharge). |
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quantum assisted teleportation |
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Hired mercenary helicopter w/ roll down ladder. |
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I'd prefer a funeral service that made it seem like my life had been faked.
Preacher: "We are gatherd here today to celebrate the life of Frederick Albert Kennedy and to mourn his death. Many of you will no doubt be wondering who on earth is Frederick Albert Kennedy? You may have thought that you were here for the funeral of DrBob, but I'm afraid that you have all been had. There never was any such person as DrBob..." etc. |
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"... poet, architect, soldier-of-fortune, private detective, mountaineer, Olympic Gold medal skier, championship yachtsman, test pilot, astronaut, multiple Nobel-prize winner, Pioneering surgeon, rescuer of puppies from blazing houses, multi-millionaire statesman, professor of quantum mechanics, big-game hunter, reknowned polar explorer, compulsive liar ..." |
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"...and last heir to the throne of all the Russias." |
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Oh come on, you're making that one up ... aren't you ? |
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//I imagine the deluxe version would involve founding a religion based on your supposed resurrection.// |
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With sufficent funds, millions might one day worship DrWorm. |
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[8th_of_7]//you're making that one up// According to the
_Kind Hearts & Coronets_ principle, when you've assimilated
*everybody* you'll be, ipso facto, Heir to the Throne of All
the Russias. |
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(also Prince von und zu Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau and
Jagerndorf, Count of Rietberg, Ostfriesland and Vaduz, Lord
of the Kuenringe, Schellenberg, Feldsberg, Kromau and
Ostrau, und so weiter) |
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I died several years ago. |
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Yes, what a shame it hasn't stopped you posting on the HB. |
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...and here I thought I'd only need one more clean shirt... |
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Alternative method: closed-casket funeral, and hire a body double to wear a large hat, trenchcoat, and sunglasses in the back of the funeral hall and furtively slip out the back door before the service is over. |
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//Yes, what a shame it hasn't stopped you posting on the HB// All pre-programmed, just like this is. |
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